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What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?
By Ashley Freeman
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
rical assistance. Most primary school Teacher Librarian positions are part-time appointments. While increasingly Teacher Librarians hold postgraduate qualifications in their specialist field, there are some practitioners with minimal library qualifications. In this context the Teacher Librarian as c
Internet Resource Management-The Role and Development of Metadata
By Kyle Hassan
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
ges. The ease with which we can electronically publish a document and make it universally available is astounding. Therefore one of the fundamental questions of this information age is: how do people find -and how do we as information professionals ensure-that people find the information they are
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
1. Valuing library collections SCIS sometimes receive requests from Teacher Librarians who are required to place a value on the their collections for insurance purposes. You may wish to read the useful information located at <http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/library/avprice/index.htm
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
MMReportFace.htm>. All Australian government and non-government secondary schools are entitled to receive one free copy of the MindMatters kit on request. They also have the option of participating in a two-day professional development program, which will be available during 2000-2001. A brochure
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
s classic and popular fiction, drama and poetry Available reference works include ancient texts, dictionaries, Roget's Thesaurus, religious texts and quotations. SCIS 1007665 Favorites Anywhere! Store Your Bookmarks Online and Access Them From Anywhere! http://www.favoritesanywhere.com/index.ht
Issue 30 Summary
By Editor
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Metadata (part 2) Controlled vocabulary and metadata Cherryl Schauder, Keith Gove, Curriculum Corporation Handy hints for SCISWeb CC news Using SCIS leaves more time for stude
Metadata (part 2): Controlled Vocabulary and Metadata
By Cherryl Schauder, Keith Grove
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
(or automatically mapped) into thecatalogue to guide the user to relevant resources via a range of alternative words or phrases. Proper names are frequently too numerous to list comprehensively in a thesaurus; thus the cataloguer may be required to supply these, often using special rules to achieve
Handy Hints for SCISWeb
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
et Explorer' (Internet Explorer) then the buttons (git files) are delivered to your PC only once when you initially connect to SCISWeb, with all subsequent appearances for that session retrieved from the temporary PC cache. This reduces the volume of data sent via the Internet connection, hence you
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
e released later in 1999. Access to SCISWeb 1999 We intend to upgrade the Voyager System during December this year. This is a complex exercise requiring considerable time, expertise and involves a number of parties to ensure it is successful. Hence, SCISWeb will not be available for the duratio
Using SCIS Leaves More Time for Student-centred Services
By Nola Smolders
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
arning styles; note taking and note making; authentication, copyright and plagiarism; and guidelines for referencing. Completion of associated work requirements is acknowledged by a Student Research Profile as part of semester reports. 'Headstart' is a program devised to help year 1O students at r
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
nd articles and reports for teachers. A subscription to the free monthly email newsletter, which includes new reviews and articles, is available on request. Elanora Heights Primary School http://www.ozemail.com.au/-d4199pn1 I library.html The URL for this site actually connects to this prima
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
ressive in its simplicity, as is the treatment of the training market. His overview of the National Training Packages, key components of the NTF, is equally clear and concise. Keating's work has particular application to the school sector because it consistently attempts, usually successfully, to
Books Aren't Dead!
By Staff Methodist Ladies College
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
'While it may please hardware and software companies to fill classrooms with computers before teachers are prepared or inclined to use them with frequency and good intentions, it is bad policy and worse economics. We have been spending too much money on infrastructure and equipment. .. too little
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
SCIS Subject Headings Book 4th edition SCIS Subject Headings List is the updated edition of the print publication that includes new subject headings and amendments to existing headings. It is available only from Curriculum Corporation and is in paperback format. This is an essential tool for a
The Listserv for Australian Teacher Librarians
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
artmental policies, practices and procedures; location and use of Internet resources; information literacy issues, programs and strategies; reference questions for teachers and students; products and services for school libraries; general discussion of Teacher Librarianship issues; training tips and
Online Encyclopaedias
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
he major encyclopaedia publishers offering their products on line. There are, of course, other onl ine encyclopaedias of a more specialised nature. A quick search of the Internet reveals a range, from The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, to the unauthorised Online Encyclopaedia of Disney Animat
Venturing Out on the NSW Board of Studies Website
By Louise Bidenko
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
teachers. The final syllabus and the twenty-eight units of work, which accompany the syllabus, were released at the beginning of 1999. A resounding request from teachers and Teacher Librarians during the syllabus development and consultation process was the need for subject specific information to s
Cataloguing News
By Anne Dowling
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
l Peoples When the Stolen Generations report was catalogued, the subject headings available in the SCIS subject headings list were found to be inadequate. A major revision of the headings for Aboriginal peoples began. The first step was to consult the Aboriginal Education Officers in the Curriculu
Issue 29 Summary
By Editor
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Metadata and Marc Keith Gove, SCIS 1999 SCIS Conference Report: Planning for 1999-2000 Keith Gove, SCIS Handy Hints for SCISWeb Videorecordings and SCIS Anne Dowling, SCIS
Metadata and Marc
By Keith Gove
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
he World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). They undertook this work in response to a demand for a censorship rating system. It became obvious that the techniques being developed for selective resource suppression could be equally effective for selective resource discovery. W3C combined with OCLC (Online Ce